Who said this card is outrageous?

Fu Xing strode over to the alchemy cart, opened his arms, and made as if to give Zhang Che a long-awaited hug.

Then, when he was less than two steps away from Zhang Che, he noticed that there was another person in the back seat.

Fu Xing paused for a moment, his arms hanging in mid-air before he silently retracted them.

He didn't say a word, but his eyes were full of curiosity.

Zhang Che didn't bother to explain; he simply turned slightly to the side, gesturing for Pan Tingting to follow.

"Who is this? Could she be the new girl that Big Brother is hooking up with?"

Of course, Fu Xing would never say these things directly; he would only think them to himself.

Then he quietly stepped aside, thinking that something interesting was about to happen.

Zhang Che didn't notice Fu Xing's little actions because his gaze had already fallen on the person at the villa entrance.

Ruan Ruoshi stood there, wearing a light-colored long dress, her long hair draped over her shoulders.

Her expression was calm, showing no emotion; she simply watched quietly as Zhang Che got out of the car and walked towards her with Pan Tingting.

Her gaze lingered on Pan Tingting for about a second before turning to Zhang Che: "Mr. Lin is waiting for you in the living room."

Then she turned her head slightly: "And who is this?"

“Pan Tingting, a card maker from Hezhou City, hitched a ride with me.”

Ruan Ruoshi nodded without asking any further questions, but her fingers, clenched so tightly, began to lose their color.

Pan Tingting stood behind Zhang Che, her gaze shifting from Ruan Ruoshi to her toes.

Damn it, we lost!

Chapter 226 The Origin of the Mirage Princess

Zhang Che didn't have time to think about why Fu Xing and Ruan Ruoshi were at Lin Jiming's house. Instead, at Lin Jiming's request, he began to recount his experience in Hezhou City.

There's not much to say, really. It mainly involves the sudden appearance of the harpy clan and the battle between Zhang Che and those guys from the Eye of Truth.

"President Zhu of the Adventurers' Guild in Hezhou City told me that the rifts connecting the world where the harpies live were probably created by the Eye of Truth, but the plan changed later, so they had to abandon them." Zhang Che revealed a piece of information that could barely be considered a secret.

Strictly speaking, the source of this information is Bai Tao, so even if Zhu Yunge knew it, she wouldn't casually tell others; at most, she would only tell relevant personnel like Zhang Che.

In any case, Lin Jiming and his sister belong to the Adventurers' Guild and do not have a direct superior-subordinate relationship with the Federation, so even he cannot easily obtain information about many things.

As for the battle with the mid-level transcendents of the Eye of Truth, Zhang Che didn't hide much. Basically, he told them everything except the existence of the [Demon Chain].

However, since the Federation required Zhang Che to keep the Mind-Stabilizing Array a secret, he didn't dare to say too much. He only told Lin Jiming about the general effects of the Mind-Stabilizing Array and the feeling of having his mental power completely sealed after entering it.

Finally, Lin Jiming seemed to casually ask Zhang Che why he was able to break free from the Mirage Princess's illusion. The latter simply stated that his [Black Rhino Armor] had incorporated some mental materials during its creation, giving it a naturally high level of mental resistance.

Furthermore, Zhang Che is a card maker with one of the highest mental strengths among the many extraordinary professions. Although breaking Mirage's illusion is not easy, it is definitely not too difficult.

"Materials for the mental system? Those Heart-Eating Demons can be used to make fourth-tier cards?" Lin Jiming immediately thought of the source of the materials.

"It's just used as an auxiliary ingredient." Zhang Che came up with the reason he had just thought of. "Originally, I was thinking of adding some mental offensive methods to the cards, but I didn't expect it to turn into mental resistance in the end."

Zhang Che's helpless expression amused Lin Jiming, and the topic was thus dropped.

"Speaking of Mirage Princess, she was once the face of the Eye of Truth. Her illusion magic could almost crush all other superhumans of the same level. The High School Alliance lost a lot of people because of her."

Lin Jiming suddenly started telling the story of Mirage Princess, which Zhang Che had never heard of before.

"Later, a genius from a university in the northern province found her. After a fierce battle, Mirage Princess suffered a crushing defeat and then disappeared for more than 20 years."

"Everyone originally thought that she had been sent to some secluded place by the Eye of Truth to recuperate or cultivate, but no one expected that she would end up hiding in that small place called Hezhou."

After telling these stories, Lin Jiming looked at Zhang Che with a meaningful gaze: "According to your findings, the damage that genius caused her back then most likely hasn't been fully recovered."

"Otherwise, if it were Mirage Princess at her peak back then, even if your mental strength were twice as strong, you would absolutely not be able to escape her illusions."

Zhang Che was secretly shocked after hearing these words. He never expected that the woman he had killed with one punch would have such a powerful background.

However, Lin Jiming was wrong about one thing: no matter how strong Mirage Princess's illusion magic was, as long as she couldn't completely make Zhang Che lose his mind, her final result would still be death!

This also answered one of Zhang Che's doubts. No wonder the Eye of Truth would entrust such an important thing as the Mind-Stabilizing Array to Mirage Princess. It was probably not only due to the array's mandatory requirements, but also because of the reputation left behind.

After all, Mirage Princess isn't completely useless. As long as there's still hope of her returning to her peak, the Eye of Truth will most likely not give up on her.

At most, the level of support is not as great as it used to be.

After Lin Jiming finished telling his story, he seemed to lose interest in continuing the conversation. He waved his hand, indicating that Zhang Che should find a room in the villa to stay in, so that he could keep Fu Xing and the other person company.

“I’m leaving this afternoon. Ask Fu Xing for the villa key; he knows where it is.”

At this point, Lin Jiming suddenly remembered something and added with a smile, "My house is quite big. If your friend likes it, he can stay here too, just to add some life to the house."

Zhang Che's face showed helplessness again. He had just seen Ruan Ruoshi here, and if he let Pan Tingting stay, he felt he could move out.

A headache!

Why did those two end up in the provincial capital?

Just as Zhang Che was still fretting about this, Lin Jiming approached with a mischievous grin and whispered that there was a large bed in his room, and if Zhang Che needed to pass on a message, he could lend him the key.

Zhang Che's face immediately darkened.

If he hadn't considered that he might not be able to defeat his opponent, he would have definitely combined his armor and shown this guy why flowers are so red.

In the end, all I could do was mutter a reply: "There's absolutely no need for that!"

Hearing this, Lin Jiming laughed even more heartily.

……

When Zhang Che left the living room, her face was still dark. However, when she went outside, she found that the two girls had disappeared, leaving only Fu Xing wandering around aimlessly not far away.

"Big brother!"

Hearing the commotion, Fu Xing quickly came over.

"Where are the two of them?" Zhang Che asked, genuinely worried that something might have happened to them.

Fu Xing looked like he knew it, but quickly replied, "Sister Ruoshi went to the Public Security Bureau; she has a mission to complete there."

"As for Miss Pan, she received a phone call just now and went to answer it."

Fu Xing pointed to the west corner of the villa, and Zhang Che indeed saw a familiar figure, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

In short, it's good that no fight broke out.

After calming down, Zhang Che finally had time to ask Fu Xing and Ruan Ruoshi why they had also come to the provincial capital.

"I was just hitchhiking. My dad was coming to the provincial capital to report on his work, so I came along too," Fu Xing explained simply.

As for Ruan Ruoshi, she came here because the Binhai City Public Security Bureau helped her secure a spot to study in the provincial capital, saying they hoped to help her advance to the intermediate-level extraordinary rank as soon as possible.

Clearly, Zhang Che's appearance has spurred many people to try to influence his promotion to the middle-level extraordinary age.

However, the most important thing is that Ruan Ruoshi does indeed have this talent. Although it was only a brief contact just now, Zhang Che was still able to clearly feel the spiritual power fluctuations on her body that were infinitely close to the peak of the third rank.

It can be said that he is just one step away from the fourth rank. If he had a spiritual crystal of the mid-level extraordinary level like Zhang Che, he would be able to advance to the next rank immediately.

Chapter 227 News from Friends

"That's not right." Zhang Che looked at Fu Xing beside him and suddenly realized something. "Since you have a chance to go to the provincial capital, why not take Su Wanqing with you?"

Although the young couple couldn't be described as inseparable, they should at least spend time together on this rare opportunity to go out and have fun.

However, as soon as he said this, Zhang Che was met with a resentful look from Fu Xing: "Isn't it all because of you, big brother!"

"what?"

Now it was Zhang Che's turn to be dumbfounded, and Fu Xing began to explain the whole story.

"After Dean Xu found out about Nine-Tailed Fox's advancement to a purple card, she started researching the Elf race. Later, she said she got some information from her teacher and left Binhai City with Sister Qing. We haven't seen each other for almost a month now."

After speaking, Fu Xing's tone became increasingly resentful, making Zhang Che's skin crawl.

However, these complaints were just empty words; Fu Xing knew very well that this was a good thing for Su Wanqing.

After all, although she and Xu Jing were teacher and student, she did not receive Xu Jing's recognition.

If she performs well this time, it might strengthen their relationship. If a mid-level Transcendent Peak expert were to give her even a small amount of benefits, it would be enough for Su Wanqing to live off for a long time.

As for their third brother, Yu Renjia, Fu Xing did invite him to the provincial capital, but he declined because he wanted to spend time with his girlfriend.

"Sister Yingqi is making a big splash as a new leader. Although she's not a true mid-level transcendent yet, Espeon is just too strong. The combat power of a Psychic-type transcendent is simply unreasonable," Fu Xing couldn't help but sigh.

Even so, Zhu Yingqi herself has not yet reached the fourth level, so she is under a lot of pressure. Yu Renjia stayed by her side to help her share some of the burden.

"The principal has strictly ordered that the third sister's Fitz be kept secret, but it is, after all, a genuine fourth-tier combatant. The Grand Commander is very supportive of their relationship." Fu Xing then revealed some secrets that are only passed down among the higher-ups.

"Stop criticizing others, what about yourself?"

Zhang Che took the initiative to ask, and Fu Xing sighed upon hearing this, "Big brother, you said that if Agumon wants to evolve into Greymon stably, it needs to focus on absorbing Fire and Dragon type data."

The former is manageable; with the strength of the Fu family, it wouldn't be difficult to resolve. Finding areas or rifts with a high concentration of fire-type extraordinary creatures would be quite easy.

But dragon-type extraordinary creatures are a different story.

Things are valued for their rarity, and the bloodline of dragons is a symbol of power. Unless you encounter them in a rift, they are basically killed the moment they show their faces on Earth.

So we can only try to find a solution slowly.

The only good news is that the amount of Dragon-type data required for Agumon to evolve into Greymon isn't too high. As long as we can find two or three extraordinary creatures with Tier 3 strength and Dragon blood, that should be enough.

"Mom is helping me find a suitable crack, it shouldn't be long," Fu Xing said confidently.

Finally, there was news about Shen Yan and Zhou Meng. They hadn't changed much and were still working at the Adventurers' Guild.

As the two were chatting, Pan Tingting finished her call.

She approached the two men, her gaze unconsciously drifting towards the living room, but she dared not make the slightest movement with her feet.

“Sigh…” Zhang Che sighed silently, his heart softening. “Mr. Lin said that if you want, you can stay here.”

After he finished speaking, Zhang Che stepped aside to make way.

Pan Tingting immediately understood what he meant, quickly straightened her clothes, and then carefully went in to thank Lin Jiming.

On the other side, Fu Xing, who had witnessed the whole thing, came over and asked Zhang Che in a low voice if he really had his eye on that girl, otherwise why would he have given her a chance to talk to Lin Jiming?

That's the Frost Domain Sword Saint's own brother; nine out of ten people in the entire Qi'an City want to get close to him.